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Class: Technology. Nation: France. Agency: CNES.

Typical orbit: 449 km x 522 km at 51 degrees inclination. Mass: 102 kg (224 lb).

Signe Chronology

1977 June 17 - Signe 3 - Program: Intercosmos. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC107/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Mass: 102 kg (224 lb). Perigee: 449 km (278 mi). Apogee: 522 km (324 mi). Inclination: 50.70 deg. Period: 94.30 min.
This marked the first time the Kapustin Yar cosmodrome was opened to capitalist countries. 20 French specialists worked on the satellite.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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